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General Software Discussion / Re: Directory of folders inside a folder limited by depth showing complete path

« on: October 04, 2013, 06:43 PM »

Oh well.  I did try every one and I thank all of you but none of them provide the simple structure I need as I explained.  I did try the \* solution but did not produce useful list.  I also tried the 4wd suggestion of using the batch file I already had which was so bad because I could see exactly what I wanted fly by on the screen but not get captured.  the addition of >>capture.txt at the point suggested failed to go more than I level deep no matter what variable I used.  it was a perfect starter.  but using the example above  it would show all the websites\users names\ then stop.  if it had gone one more level it would have worked.
Maybe over the weekend something will come about but thanks to all again 

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Argus / Re: Command line options?

« on: October 01, 2013, 10:33 PM »

I have not seen he program yet but I do have a need for something that would not care what directory it was in during the search.  This is a searchable archive I am trying to create with a size of close to 1 TB covering documents of over 8 years.  the finer tuned the search, the better.  Boolean logic would be great.  I was thinking about Agent Ransack but have not run it yet.
Another program call Everything by Voidtools does a pretty good just.  but i need to find something that has maybe 5 or 6 fields and give the user the choice of how to combine or narrow the search. 
Data in all 5 boxes could be searches individually on the slim chance the document might pop out . but the key would be when the individual search was over to index all documents that contained all 5 fields.  These could be anything names, dates, places, jobs, cities, 
If they are looking for a document from some doctor that they saw in 1995 but they dint know what was said, if they just put in  doctor, 1995, that might bet a lot but if they added the type of doctor to the search it would narrow the field a lot.

The next prob em is hey want me to include email.  There are Tons of email.  I have see a few programs that convert outlook emails to pdf files

Sorry to butt it, i just saw that you were also looking for a search utility

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General Software Discussion / Re: Directory of folders inside a folder limited by depth showing complete path

« on: October 01, 2013, 10:18 PM »

C:\Websites\www.xxxxxxx.com\empty directory\JudithG\aerogel

I felt if i gave an example it might help.  This is what I get..  Then I have to get rid of the "c:\websites"
delete the "\emptyfolder"
change the slashes from back to forward
to end up with
a list of websites that is clickable

www.xxxxx.com/judithg/aerogel

But there are about 100 of these  maybe 5 under each name, maybe 20 names.  This is why i was trying to automate it

even after I get the list, it has to be edited as above to make it useful to the auditors.

notepad++ (and others) make this not so bad.
just a few replace "text" with "" so not worth the effort of writing a full scale utility to get further.  Just getting that list to run with was a Godsend and I thank you all

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Someone already answered this once but I cannot find the solution :( DIR list

« on: October 01, 2013, 10:05 PM »

Skwire :  maybe this is how i say Yes?  I cannot find a single place to click to reply to your questions showt of a whole new one  .  Yes PLEASE shorten it

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Someone already answered this once but I cannot find the solution :( DIR list

« on: October 01, 2013, 10:03 PM »

sorry people>  I am not in the best of shape tonight.  Supposed to have some heavy duty dental surgery .. but not yet apparently..They keep saying maybe tomorrow
so.. Just.trying to stay focused.  I appreciate everyones efforts  if you could leave me the one link skwire I would appreciate it.  the old question ended up with some real doozies i remember they were rather intricate.
4WD's setup (I have not tried it yet) but it is simple enough i can understand the logic so i can adjust as needed.
Thanks to you all

The long and twisted batch that i listed above also did work but with no saved output it wasn't much help.

Before I leave, does anyone know if I can install the NEW release of WAMP or XAMPP and leave off the MySQL5 and replace it with 4.3 i think that was as high as MYIsam support went?  i have to keep MYIsam tables if at all possible.  We have hundreds of archived databases that all used MYIsam. They would be unreadable without it if needed again otherwise. 

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Someone already answered this once but I cannot find the solution :( DIR list

« on: October 01, 2013, 09:47 PM »

I need to try these above but after a lot of searching and a few adjustments  I finally got the one below to wortk:  Except
It has nothing but visual output.  I swear I am getting too old for this.  This is a simple reciursice batch file but every place i have tried to insert a redirect to a text file for the output fails miserably.  Anyone who sees my blindspot, please insert it where it belongs and I will take my bashing. Maybe this is just too easy to see?


@echo off
setlocal
set currentLevel=0
set maxLevel=%2
if not defined maxLevel set maxLevel=2  <<  This is where i need it set to get the list i need with the levels i need.  I can see them fly past and i used to know how to catch them.

:procFolder
pushd %1 2>nul || exit /b
if %currentLevel% lss %maxLevel% (
  for /d %%F in (*) do (
    echo %%~fF                                                            <<This is where I thought I could catch the output but  no go
    set /a currentLevel+=1
    call :procFolder "%%F"
    set /a currentLevel-=1
  )
)
popd

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Post New Requests Here / Someone already answered this once but I cannot find the solution :( DIR list

« on: October 01, 2013, 04:34 PM »

I have to repeatedly create a special file which is nothing more than a recursive directory listing stating with level 1 through level 4 and no further.  There are plenty of files and folders beneath level 4 and everything I try keeps going down too far.  Several months back I asked the question differently and was sent to a program which works but was almost too complicated.
Then out of the blue someone posted a way to do this through Powershell that was about as simple as it gets but for the life of me I cannot find it.  It almost seems like it was similar to the UNIX DU command but it gave directory names instead of size.   It was a one line batch file run under powershell is the best I can remember.  Best of all, the listing gave each folder in a complete path showing all four levels.  If anyone has any ideas of where to find such I would appreciate it.  I'm still looking and if I find it I will answer my own question in case it might help someone else one day

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General Software Discussion / Re: Lite edit software

« on: September 27, 2013, 07:36 AM »

check out the software from Coffee cup.  Some is free some have trials.  Easy to use
even has built in ability to see changes as you make them in the browser of your choice

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General Software Discussion / Re: Need a simple chat system for small website prefer to host internally no frills

« on: September 26, 2013, 09:51 PM »

sure but you will have to excuse my ignorance  I know what a PM is but I don't know how to send you one .  Basically, the number of users at any given time on this server COULD be up to 200  But never much more than that as it is a private server, private site used for specific people who have to log in with a name and password.  the single server hosts anywhere from 70 to 100 sites at the same time.  but the type of use makes the drain on the system extremely low.  the chat portion might only be requested on 10 sites out of the 80 or even less.  It was just a frill that was requested once, and I put it on the list of thing to try when I got the time.  Without Microchat, I would not even be looking now but I am intrigued by the methods used to create the document that it hosts. 
Anyway, if you can let me know how to PM you I would be glad to try.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Need a simple chat system for small website prefer to host internally no frills

« on: September 26, 2013, 01:55 AM »

Oh well.  I know what I think is wrong I just do not know how to fix it.
<a href="path-to-chat-script-folder/index.php" target="_blank">Click here to chat </a> I put in the exact spot where you click to go to chat,
click it and the transfer works flawlessly,  Always does.  But the Go back to the regular page tro keep reading part just does npt have a corresponding outlet from the chat.  The only way ut that I can find (unless I add one) is to close the page. (ie; close the browser,)
shame  I cannot simply minimize it that would solve everything,  the program itself simply opens a file called chat.html.  it seems that here should be  a way to open to minimized or any thing but full screen.
Anyway, my typos are no exceeding y correct text   got to catch a few winks.  maybe I can see clearer in the am.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Need a simple chat system for small website prefer to host internally no frills

« on: September 26, 2013, 12:52 AM »

Many thanks again.  I am an old school hardware Tech.  I'm good at what I do but only passable at the rest.  COBOL was my last serious attempt at programming and as soon as I start seeing the end ahead on HTML4 they change to HTML5.  I am already about to go nuts trying to figure out why Firefox can no longer draw a straight line.  The same coding that aligned the site modules before still works on IE10 or even Chrome.  But Firefox looks like a drunk driver at the wheel
One thing that I may not be making clear is that this IS a site where they would probably want the chat on every page.  that is the whole purpose of it is to discuss the merits of specific documents and it is a committee of people who will be there and Only them.  The ability to discuss the merits or lack thereof on any plan is going to either get done right then or done from notes taken and whatever they remember about it later.  I just need to read a bit and try your suggestions  I think this is going to work this time

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General Software Discussion / Re: Need a simple chat system for small website prefer to host internally no frills

« on: September 25, 2013, 08:05 PM »

Thanks again app.  I tried to give you credits already and found I gave them all to the board.  Have to load some more

The suggestions you gave this time may be over my head.  The site is hosted on MY server.  So no problem with breaking any rules .  But using "target=blank" seems odd although I believe you 100%. I just have to figure out how to use it.  As is, when they click the "click here to chat" it completely closes the page they were on and moves into the microchat folder.  If it instead MINIMIZED the page they were on, that Would Be extremely helpful.  Maybe that is what you are pointing me toward?  That would be a terrific solution as long as I can guard against anyone "backing into" the site as it is password protected to start with

but they cannot see the items they will be discussing without leaving the MicroChat page and returning to whence they came in.  there is an icon.gif image that seems to be unused in microchat and I figured I would just make that a "return" button but so far .. "return to where" seems to be the problem.
The whole thing is a little more complicated than a simple website.  I cannot allow the users to simply exit and then come back,.  that was where your Microchat was a lifesaver.  It let me keep everyone inside the site .  once they log into the MAIN site they stay until completed which until now I had no way to allow them a means of discussion.  I just need to be able to drop out of the microchat folder and back to the shell.html they were in. the "click here to chat" is easy to access, the chat itself is beautiful, I just need to get them home afterward.  And very likely they will be back and forth as there are multiple items they have to give an opinion on and probably discuss.  I wonder if I can force a 2 way split vertical screen with the chat as a separate window as you suggest?
I will give it a try and see what happens .  Thanks for the help.  As soon as I get this done I will reload my account and pass along some credits:)

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General Software Discussion / Directory of folders inside a folder limited by depth showing complete path

« on: September 25, 2013, 07:43 PM »

I know this has got to be a simple thing.  Somehow I got involved in running a power-shell batch file to create this list but unfortunately I can no longer finds it.
It seems to me that something like dir *. /s was how it was once done the only problem is I need it to stop after 2 levels, maybe 3.  but no more than 4.
Is there a way to limit the depth of the replies to a given number of levels?  If there were, that simple dir command would be all I need.  Any info appreciated.
the complete path part would be nice but not absolutely necessary.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Need a simple chat system for small website prefer to host internally no frills

« on: September 25, 2013, 05:28 PM »

It works great.  To well to want to modify it, actually.  This leaves me with only one problem left.  I can use a link written into the shell.html which appears on every webpage as a "click here" to get into the chat which lives in its own folder inside the website.  But I cannot figure out how to return to the point from which I left when I went there.  Need to use something other than <a href I guess.  or find a way to store the point where they left so they can <a href to a variable and end up where they started from,  Either that or I have to merge the two index.php files into a single page.  I have plenty of room for it and that was my first thought but leaving it intact inside its own folder worked so well I hated to change it.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Need a simple chat system for small website prefer to host internally no frills

« on: September 25, 2013, 11:55 AM »

I am very sure it will work.  I am trying to figure out how to incorporate it into the Shell.html for that part of the site.  The way it was designed (and there is too much that would have to be redone) I have a LOT of space on either side of a totally filled center area.  If I can get the chat into either or even both of the two side panels it would have more than enough room.  The width of the center panel is about 700 as best as I can figure on every page.  The headers and footers cover 650px in width which means I should have approx. 300px split half left half right.
I could also center the chat in the same format 650x??  whatever height.  but there is so much wasted space on the left and right it would be far better if I could some how use that  either one or both sides.  maybe starting halfway down the page so as to not be too cluttered.
I don't think I can attach a link or jpg of the design  not sure if it is allowed. 
 
I would hate to split the chat with half running on left ad then transferring to the  if it got too long but I guess I have actually set it up to see what it looks like.
The people who are on the site just asked for a way to make comments to each other.  Not write a novel   So.. ..I just need to get it working and see what happens.  I have the module uploaded to the site and I am trying to figure out how to merge the two.  The login part is not really necessary as the users are already logged in.  I wish  I wish I was better at programming PHP but I can barely maintain much less modify.

If you are knowledgeable with PHP, I would gladly issue even more credits or ..I don't know what the procedure is for asking for help to get this incorporated.  I don't want to break any rules.  This has been a GREAT site for all the knowledge I have gained from it.   Thanks again so much for just the referral to the site
I agree with the other poster.  I need to look at all the tools they offer here as there is a wealth of useful information

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General Software Discussion / Re: Need a simple chat system for small website prefer to host internally no frills

« on: September 25, 2013, 10:53 AM »

Well I have to say this, if Microchat works as shown, it should be perfect for what I need.  Their example is exactly what I wanted.  The group of people logged in just need a simple way to communicate with each other while they are looking at each item.  That script I downloaded was So small that it looks impossible to perform the task.
If this does solve my problem I will definitely have to send a few credits your way APP103.

I am always in need of something unusual it seems and hard to find.  I sure hope this is one of those Gems!

Many Thanks for a speedy solution!  I hope I can embed it in the webpage without too much wrangling.

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Living Room / Re: Extremely Simple chat app for an HTML/PHP website

« on: September 25, 2013, 09:53 AM »

Yes, it probably can,  I just did not know where to best post it.  I figured someone would be kind enough to let me know so I appreciate that.  Should it be left in General software or am I still in the wrong place ?  Thanks

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General Software Discussion / Need a simple chat system for small website prefer to host internally no frills

« on: September 24, 2013, 10:27 PM »

I am trying to find something that could be used to allow up to 5 or 6 people to carry on simple conversations while they are all logged into the same site.  I have seen and tried so many only to find that in the end, they all are too complicated to be used for what is needed. 
No smileys no nothing but text.  Best example I can think of is 5 people looking at a group of photos on a webpage and discussing the merits of each. 
I could give up a strip of space at the side which would allow for simple conversations but that is all I need.  nothing more. 

The biggest problem is that this is a very minor need but one which was requested.  It may not get used much but when it is used, it will be appreciated by those who use it.  I have considered linking to an outside service to provide the chat-function if necessary but would rather keep it all in house if possible.  In the long ago days of BBS systems this was not such an uncommon thing to have but now most chat setups are anything BUT simple. two people typing on the same sheet of paper is about as complicated as I need. :)
 
This is a project I started on about this time last year, made some progress, got sidetracked on other issues, and never finished. Now it is a topic of interest again.  It seems that the best I was able to find back then was some kind of "Community BBS" or .. The name is something I just do not remember but it was a donation supported program of some kind.  Thanks for any suggestions  And someone Please!  Tell me if I put this in the wrong place :) I have a feeling maybe it should be posted elsewhere.

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Living Room / Extremely Simple chat app for an HTML/PHP website

« on: September 24, 2013, 10:23 PM »

I am trying to find something that could be used to allow up to 5 or 6 people to carry on simple conversations while they are all logged into the same site.  I have seen and tried so many only to find that in the end, they all are too complicated to be used for what is needed.  
No smileys no nothing but text.  Best example I can think of is 5 people looking at a group of photos on a webpage and discussing the merits of each.  
I could give up a strip of space at the side which would allow for simple conversations but that is all I need.  nothing more.  

The biggest problem is that this is a very minor need but one which was requested.  It may not get used much but when it is used, it will be appreciated by those who use it.  I have considered linking to an outside service to provide the chat-function if necessary but would rather keep it all in house if possible.  In the long ago days of BBS systems this was not such an uncommon thing to have but now most chat setups are anything BUT simple. two people typing on the same sheet of paper is about as complicated as I need.
  
This is a project I started on about this time last year, made some progress, got sidetracked on other issues, and never finished. Now it is a topic of interest again.  It seems that the best I was able to find back then was some kind of "Community BBS" or .. The name is something I just do not remember but it was a donation supported program of some kind.  Thanks for any suggestions  And someone Please!  Tell me if I put this in the wrong place I have a feeling maybe it should be posted elsewhere.

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Post New Requests Here / HTML or ?? script for list display on website with transition effects

« on: September 07, 2013, 10:14 PM »

I need a way to display a list of maybe 100 names.  I have tried quite a few and the best seem to be using FLASH but most are for creating an entire website while I just need a small window of maybe 30PX high by 400px wide with a script to read from a text file list of names and display them in the window.  The display effect would be nice if it could vary which is why using FLASH was so tempting as there are multiple commercial programs to do exactly that in a slideshow of photos.  And I may have to resort to creating jpegs of the names in order to achieve what I need for transitioning. 
It just seems there should be a simpler way to do it.  Anything unique would work. 
I had thought of using a "ripple" effect like a wave moving across the window that changed one name to the next but... I do not know how to create that.
If anyone could even point me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate it

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Living Room / Re: Problem with merging folders

« on: September 07, 2013, 09:53 PM »

Sorry.   I really have to find the option for "notify me when a reply is posted". 
Or figure out where they go when I get them.
Thanks for the Useful tip on Robo-Copy.  I am SOOOO Old School.  Still write batch files with X-copy
Robo would probably do it very nicely.  Has all the Whistles and Bells DOS left out in X-copy

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Remember where I got the Download

« on: September 07, 2013, 09:47 PM »

I finally found my way back here   !!         I go to so many "coding" sites trying to learn, and it seems to more I put in to remember, the less I manage to use <<
Thanks to everyone who left a comment.  I must have somehow turned off the option to receive a notice when replies are posted. 
To IainB:  When I saw your post re: "GetRight" , for some reason I immediately associated it with Steve Gibson's SpinRight   .  I found the app and will definitely check it out.
and to shmuel1 :  I downloaded both your files just now and while doing so I noticed that they each have been downloaded several times.  I guess I am not the only one who likes to "wander" the Net and have a map to get back to where they went.
I don't know how to say thanks to everyone but That is what I would like to do. 
I have been tossed out of other forums for asking simple questions like this one. 
Coders Forum is one I am glad I became a supporting member of.

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: FLASH HELP ! Stuck inside and cant get out

« on: September 04, 2013, 10:42 AM »

I can try.  Currently it is only hosted locally.  I will put it up on GoDaddy and see if I can get it to work there.  Then send you a link

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DC Website Help and Extras / FLASH HELP ! Stuck inside and cant get out

« on: September 03, 2013, 09:39 PM »

To those who know how, this is going to sound like a stupid question.  I have a website that is written in all html with a little JS.
A decision was made to toss in a FLASH section that displays photos.  I was able to get this done with the appropriate software.
The problem is, I cannot for the life of me figure out what to do to STOP the movie.  Once the viewer enters
that flash photo room, they can shift between albums of photos but nothing I have tried allows them to exit
back to the website.  I have been able to kill the whole thing but no graceful exit back to the page they
entered from.
The entry is via  <a href> to the proper "flash.html" file.  Once in there, everything works fine (I guess) at least it looks like I want it to.
But I know nothing about Flash in general.  I have tried editing the flash.html section and gotten nowhere.  <a href> back to index.html wont work
as it usually does from other pages.  I understand that inside the "Flash world" there are different rules and fs:command (quit)   Maybe?  I don't know why the people who made the software that created the flash module did
not say upfront "some experience required"    .  I need to give my viewer the option to exit is all and it needs to exit back to index.html.
PS:  I am NOT a Flash programmer   Thanks for any help

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Post New Requests Here / Simple Chat module in HTML or PHP for one page on a website

« on: July 25, 2013, 02:09 AM »

I have tried so many from the web (free chats) I have lost count.  They all have more than I need and usually link to outside sites for the chat files to be stored.  I need the whole thing to be self contained.  and I have plenty of room for it.  The comments need to be a running file that ends about 2 weeks after it starts.  I need to save that chats when I close the site.

I have enough room to add a few lines at bottom of page but due to the amount of data displayed,  I have no space to run a box down the side but I he entire bottom of page from edge to edge and about 10 lines up an down can be used for the Box.

There are maybe 10 users total who can see the page, they have to be on a list to log in and 15 is the limit.  Most users never read more than 3 or four of the reviews.  I have been asked to provide a small chat window to allow the people logged in to chat about the documents on it  

The chat would allow "Joe" to chat with "Mary" (example)"Joe:  Mary, I like John Dawson what do you think?"  Then Mary can reply.  "Mary:  not bad but I have him at number two position."
A display at top of page would be a list of all viewers showing red when not logged in and green if logged it,

This is the basic concept.  This mini-site is hosted on a Apache/php/All in one like WAMP.
I am not sure I would have much more to add.  That is all it needs to be.  I can assigned a separate SQL file if needed for the chat.
 Any suggestions appreciated.  I hope this end up being a simple java-type code that I can indert where I want it to appear on the page.